Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002
Latest action · May 22, 2002 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Includes among program elements requirements that the Secretary: (1) provide States with technical and financial assistance and timely information to prevent disease expansion; (2) design a national program for disease monitoring and surveillance; (3) conduct research to determine how the disease is transmitted; (4) develop new non-lethal detection and diagnostic methods to identify the disease in free-ranging cervid populations; (5) develop safe methods of disposal of infected carcasses; (6) instruct Federal land managers to determine the presence of the disease, the likelihood of transmission to adjacent non-Federal lands, and management options for infestations; and (7) develop a public outreach and education strategy for the hunting community and the public.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2002 to Jul 18, 2002; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| D-WI | Thomas M. Barrett | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | May 15, 2002 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-WI | Gerald D. Kleczka | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Bill Luther | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-IL | David D. Phelps | May 23, 2002 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | May 23, 2002 | |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | May 23, 2002 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | May 23, 2002 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | May 23, 2002 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | May 23, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 18, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 15, 2002 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2002 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 15, 2002 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2002 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
- May 22, 2002Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- May 21, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- May 21, 2002Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- May 15, 2002Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-117 | CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE121 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 16, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a national research program to address the animal disease known as chronic wasting disease, which is afflicting wild deer and elk herds in many States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- Agriculture and Food
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Deer
- Ecological research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Elk
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Epidemiology
- Federal aid to medical research
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health surveys
- Hunting
- Medical research
- Medical tests
- Nervous system diseases
- Preventive medicine
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sports and Recreation
- Veterinary medicine
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
